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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAndy Barr (KY), critical of impeachment, got campaign donation from Ukrainian-born suspect
Andy Barr, critical of impeachment, got campaign donation from Ukrainian-born suspect
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, who this week sharply criticized his House colleagues for their Ukraine-related impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, last year accepted campaign donations from one of the foreign nationals arrested Wednesday as part of the widening Ukrainian investigation.
Barr took $2,432 in re-election donations through a joint House Republican fundraising committee last year from Ukrainian-born businessman Igor Misha Fruman of Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., according to federal election records.
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested Fruman and his business partner, Lev Parnas, at Dulles International Airport airport in Washington on suspicion of trying to illegally buy influence from American politicians. The men were boarding a one-way flight for Germany.
When the Herald-Leader asked Barrs office about the donations on Friday morning, a spokeswoman said Barrs campaign would donate that sum to a local charity, Voices of Hope, that helps with addiction recovery. She said Barr never personally heard from Fruman.
Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article236028068.html#storylink=cpy
U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, who this week sharply criticized his House colleagues for their Ukraine-related impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, last year accepted campaign donations from one of the foreign nationals arrested Wednesday as part of the widening Ukrainian investigation.
Barr took $2,432 in re-election donations through a joint House Republican fundraising committee last year from Ukrainian-born businessman Igor Misha Fruman of Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., according to federal election records.
Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested Fruman and his business partner, Lev Parnas, at Dulles International Airport airport in Washington on suspicion of trying to illegally buy influence from American politicians. The men were boarding a one-way flight for Germany.
When the Herald-Leader asked Barrs office about the donations on Friday morning, a spokeswoman said Barrs campaign would donate that sum to a local charity, Voices of Hope, that helps with addiction recovery. She said Barr never personally heard from Fruman.
Read more here: https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article236028068.html#storylink=cpy
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Andy Barr (KY), critical of impeachment, got campaign donation from Ukrainian-born suspect (Original Post)
MelissaB
Oct 2019
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RockRaven
(14,974 posts)1. Regardless of their denials, he should be questioned at every public appearance whether if his
opposition of impeachment is because of his illegal campaign contribution. Make him squirm.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)2. I agree 100%.
sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)4. Nobody knows nobody. eom
eleny
(46,166 posts)3. They've been smearing cash all over the Republican Party with a giant spatula
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)6. Yep. They got McCarthy too.
ffr
(22,670 posts)5. That's illegal Andy!